Ace's POV
"Ace... you're pregnant." Leah's words echoed in his mind, and his head started swimming with fear and disbelief. 'Pregnant?! How is this even possible?! Men can't become pregnant!'
As he clutched his head, he rasped out "This... is impossible... right?... I'm a man! Men don't get..." he trailed off, gasping for air.
"Ace! Calm down! Breathe Ace! It's gonna be ok, let me explain!" Leah exclaimed, her voice sounding panicked, and, with help from her, he eventually regained control of his breathing. "You alright now?" Leah murmured.
He nodded slowly, but croaked "Sorry... just in a bit of shock for now... this is... nothing that I could have expected... or thought of..."
"It's fine Ace. It's natural to react like this. Now, I know that even though men can't get pregnant a whole lot, there have been rare cases where they do. Even though I don't know a lot about this, I do know someone who knows a whole lot more about male pregnancy. Do you think you would be ok with me calling my friend? I'll only do it when you tell me to ok? According to the reported results, you are almost to a month, so I would have to say you don't have a lot of time. But then again, I don't know a whole lot about this topic. So, you can tell me when you're ready for me to call her, ok?"
Ace nodded. "Thanks, Leah. I just want to go sleep." She nodded, and after checking him over one more time, she released him from the infirmary.
When he got to his and Marco's room, Ace stopped dead in his tracks. 'Oh my god. Marco... Marco's gonna... what will he say?! What will he do?! He's gonna be so upset... how will I break the news to him? That he's gonna be a father?! He'll leave me for sure... No! Don't think like that, Ace! If he gets mad, I'll just leave! I can't abort our kid though! I'll never do that, it would like be killing an innocent life! If Marco's mad, he's mad! I'll be upfront and blunt about it! Hey Marco! Guess what! I'm pregnant, and you're the father! Noooo! What do I do!!!????